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Road overbridge planned at Sanjeevaiah Park

HMDA puts project cost of ROB at Rs. 25 crore
The 4-lane project to be 600 metres long

HYDERABAD: As a panacea to traffic turning miserable on stretches connecting the twin cities, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) is planning to revive the proposal for a road overbridge (ROB) at Sanjeevaiah Park.

The proposal, which was part of the agenda for the recent HMDA Executive Committee meeting, looks at offering one more link between the twin cities which presently has ROBs at Khairatabad and Begumpet apart from Tank Bund. According to estimates, approximately 30,000 vehicles ply per hour on these ROBs during peak hours.

With rapid growth in the west part of the city and further enhancement of Cyberabad area, the traffic volume is expected to rise further and it is in this backdrop that the proposal has been revived. The HMDA note put the project cost for this ROB at Sanjeevaiah Park connecting Necklace Road with Pattigadda near NTR statute at Rs.25 crore that among others includes land acquisition, shifting of utilities and widening of approaches.

The four-lane project is proposed with 7.5-metre dual carriageway and central median of 0.5 metres, footpath of 1.5 metre on either side and a length of 600 metres. It is hoped that the new connectivity apart from easing congestion at the existing ROBs at Begumpet and Khairatabad, will also act as an alternate route for the corridors of Khairatabad-Begumpet and Secretariat-Tank Bund-Paradise.

Earlier, proposed under Mega City Project, the HMDA had appointed Meltech Infrastructure Engineers as consultants for the project and preparatory work such as widening of Pattigadda Colony road and shifting of utilities was taken up. The necessary land reservation for landing of the ROB on the Necklace Road near P.V.Ghat was also made but the proposal then was deferred due to pedestrianisation of Necklace Road. The ROB design has been furnished to the Railways for approvals.

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